{"id":7824,"date":"2013-05-14T08:52:11","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/?p=7824"},"modified":"2013-05-14T08:52:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T15:52:11","slug":"semi-truck-driver-killed-when-log-truck-overturns-near-pine-bluff-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/7824\/semi-truck-driver-killed-when-log-truck-overturns-near-pine-bluff-arkansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi Truck Driver Killed When Log Truck Overturns Near Pine Bluff Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PINE BLUFF, AR &#8212; A log truck truck driver traveling on the Interstate 530 near Pine was killed when he lost control of his truck and overturned. The victim was identified as 55-year old Michael White of Magnolia, approximately 110 miles southwest of Pine Bluff.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7830\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7830\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7830\" alt=\"A log truck driver was killed when his tractor trailer lost control and went off the road while negotiating a curve at an exit on I-530 in Pine Bluff, AR on April 26, 2013. Photo credit David Goins \/ Fox16.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/pine-bluff-ar-fatal-log-truck-accident.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/pine-bluff-ar-fatal-log-truck-accident.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/pine-bluff-ar-fatal-log-truck-accident-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/pine-bluff-ar-fatal-log-truck-accident-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A truck driver was killed when his tractor trailer lost control and went off the road while negotiating a curve at an exit on I-530 in Pine Bluff, AR on April 26, 2013. Photo: David Goins \/ Fox16.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->According to Arkansas State Police, the accident occurred at 10:47 a.m. Friday, April 26, where White was driving a 1995 Mack tractor-trailer loaded with logs. As White turned onto the 46-mile exit, he lost control of the truck which left the roadway and overturned \u2013 spilling the logs and trapping the driver. White died at the scene.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7831\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7831\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7831\" alt=\"Map shows location of a fatal log truck accident at Exit 46 on I-530 in Pine Bluff, AR on April 26, 2013.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/pine-bluff-ar-fatal-log-truck-accident-map.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/pine-bluff-ar-fatal-log-truck-accident-map.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/pine-bluff-ar-fatal-log-truck-accident-map-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/pine-bluff-ar-fatal-log-truck-accident-map-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map shows location of log truck accident at Exit 46 on I-530 in Pine Bluff, AR on April 26, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The media reported that weather was clear and the road was dry.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation was conducted by Officer Chris Kendrick of the Pine Bluff Police Department.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">Truck Accident Lawyer News<\/a> is a truck accident and personal injury blog that publishes up to date truck accident and truck legal news from across the United States. For more information about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/Arkansas.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Arkansas trucking laws<\/a>, truck injury causes and victims rights, contact nationwide truck accident attorneys, Gordon, Elias &amp; Seely LLP, for expert advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PINE BLUFF, AR &#8212; A log truck truck driver traveling on the Interstate 530 near Pine was killed when he lost control of his truck and overturned. The victim was identified as 55-year old Michael White of Magnolia, approximately 110 miles southwest of Pine Bluff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[217],"class_list":["post-7824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arkansas-truck-accidents","tag-arkansas-truck-accident-lawyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7824"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7834,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7824\/revisions\/7834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}